Interactive Data 7ticks, which was acquired by Interactive Data Corporation in January 2010, is a driving force in high performance electronic trading networks and managed services for direct access to the financial markets.

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC) is a leading global provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions to financial institutions, active traders and individual investors. The Company's businesses supply real-time market data, time-sensitive pricing, evaluations and reference data for millions of securities traded around the world, including hard-to-value instruments. Many of the world's best-known financial service and software companies subscribe to the Company's services in support of their trading, analysis, portfolio management and valuation activities. Interactive Data, headquartered in Bedford, Mass., has approximately 2,400 employees in offices located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO; LSE: PSON), an international media company, whose businesses include the Financial Times Group, Pearson Education, and the Penguin Group, is Interactive Data Corporation's majority stockholder.

For more information about Interactive Data Corporation and its businesses, please visit the Company’s new website at www.interactivedata.com

INTERACTIVE DATA 7TICKS MANAGEMENT TEAM

Joe Bigane
Managing Director, Interactive Data 7ticks  
Joe Bigane is managing director of the Interactive Data 7ticks business. He joined 7ticks in 2005. Joe has over 14 years of management and business development experience with leading firms in the financial services industry, and has been instrumental in cultivating 7ticks' operations, client services, and business development teams. Under Joe's management and guidance, this business has grown into an industry leader that continues to gain market share while providing high levels of service and client satisfaction.

Scott Caudell
Senior Vice President Global Architecture, InteractiveData 7ticks
Scott Caudell is the chief technical officer for the Interactive Data 7ticks business, and was a founding member of 7ticks. Scott designed and built 7ticks’ highly-scalable, carrier-grade network infrastructure to provide one of the fastest and most reliable trading experiences for users on a variety of proprietary and third-party ISV trading solutions, and has seen this design grow to handle a significant percentage of overall daily trading volumes on exchanges such as the CME and ICE. Scott has also had a visionary role in creating proximity networks to support ultra-low latency access and cross-connectivity between leading world exchanges.

John Heflin
Senior Vice President Global Operations, InteractiveData 7ticks
John Heflin is chief information officer of the Interactive Data 7ticks business.  He joined 7ticks in 2008. John has over 14 years of strategy, technology, and product experience with extensive practice in scaling companies. He most recently held leadership positions at Orbitz Worldwide and prior to Orbitz, John worked as a management consultant with Accenture where he focused on enabling business strategies with technology solutions for Fortune 500 and start-up companies. John’s key areas of focus at Interactive Data 7ticks are technology delivery and operations, product development, program management and strategic planning.